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The seed packets generally include plant information and planting instructions on the label. Back to the Roots, established in 2009 [1] [2] Botanical Interests, established in 1995 [3] [4] Burpee Seeds, established in 1876; D. Landreth Seed Company, established 1784; Fedco Seeds, established in 1978; Ferry-Morse Seed Company, established in 1856
W. Atlee Burpee & Company was founded in 1876 by Washington Atlee Burpee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after starting a mail-order chicken business in 1876.The company expanded to selling garden seeds, farm supplies, tools and hogs after customers began asking for seeds they had grown in their native farms.
The combined firm became the largest seed distribution company in the world. [8] In 1959, the headquarters of the business moved to western Kentucky. [10] In 1981, Ferry-Morse became part of France's Groupe Limagrain, the largest seed producer in the world. [11] In 2005, Groupe Limagrain sold Ferry-Morse to Jiffy International. [12]
By 1959 Burpee had grown his father's company into the largest seed catalog mail order house in the world with sales over $6 million, equal to $62,712,329 today. In 1960 Burpee mailed 4 million seed annuals to customers. [citation needed] By 1960, he had hybridized the marigold to be odorless and it became the best-selling flower in the United ...
Burpee's move to photography changed the whole industry and the hand-drawn illustrations in catalogs disappeared. In another break with tradition, Burpee eliminated cultural information and put in testimonial letters and plant descriptions. At Burpee's death in 1915, the company had 300 employees, and it was the largest seed company in the world.